Top White House aide Karl Rove made his fifth grand jury appearance in the Valerie Plame affair Wednesday, testifying about a new issue that has come to light since the last time he testified. The previous grand jury looking into the CIA leak expired Oct. 28. It indicted Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff on five counts of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI.

Months before Karl Rove corrected his statements in the Valerie Plame investigation, his lawyer was told that the president's top political adviser might have disclosed Plame's CIA status to a Time magazine reporter.

Without telling her editors, Time reporter Viveca Novak underwent an interview by the prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation a month ago, the magazine disclosed Sunday. Without specifying why, Time said Novak is now on a leave of absence by mutual agreement with her employer.